Cigarette and necktie holder



Apr'i1z7, 1937.

CIGARETTE AND NECKTIE HOLDER Filed Aug. 4, 1936 ZHardztm H. yH. V GARDIAN x 2,078,844

Patented Apr. 27, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT orties 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a cigarette and necktie holder and it aims to provide a novelty selectively usable to hold a cigarette or to secure the free ends of a necktie to the shirt.

It is particularly aimed to provide a holder for a cigarette, which may be attached to a nger, to hold the cigarette in such a manner that it will not stain or soil the ngers and will overcome the temptation to lay the cigarette in a dangerous polo sition on a desk, among papers or otherwise.

It is further aimed to provide such a construction as will be adaptable to ngers of various sizes.

Various additional objects and advantages will p become `apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:-

Figure 1 is a View of the device in extended position for holding a cigarette;

Figure 2 is a View of the device in the condition of Figure 1 taken at a right angle thereto;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure l;

Figure 5 is a detail section taken on the line 5--5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a detail view of a modied form. partly in elevation and partly in section, showing a means for snug engagement with the nger, and

Figure '7 is a detail side elevation of a second modified form of means for maintaining snug engagement with the nger.

Referring specically to the drawing wherein `like reference characters designate like or similar parts, the device comprises a pair of arms I0 and II which are intertted with and pivotally connected to a coupling member I2 of H-shaped, the pivots being designated I3 and I4. A spring leaf or plate I5 is fastened at I6 to the coupling I2 and it serves to hold the arms I0 andll in alignment or folded together in parallelism.

The arm Ill is equipped with a ring I8 adapted to be engaged by a iinger and to better maintain it on the finger, the interior thereof is preferably cigarette is engaged in the portion 23 and it is always in a convenient position to be brought by the nger engaged by the ring I8, to the mouth of the smoker. This is much more convenient than having to lay the cigarette down from time 5 to time onto a table or other support and which often increases the rire hazard, soils the fingers and is generally more objectionable than through the use of my device. l

It is obvious that the arms I and II and all of 10 the other parts may be made of any desired metal, other materials, or ornamented as preferred.

The invention not only serves as a cigarettev or cigar holder, but it is adapted for use as a 15 necktie holder. Because of the pivotal connection 0i' the arms I0 and I I and their engagement with the spring I5, the arms may be moved into substantial parallelism, and resiliently held in that condition by the spring I5. In such condition, it 20 is in effect a clamp when the necktie is engaged, together with a portion of the shirt of the wearer, between the arms I0 and I I and between the ring I I8 and holder 2 I, to clamp the necktie to the shirt of the wearer. 25

Various changes may be resorted to within the spirit and scope of the invention. For instance, a modied form of ring may be used at I8', in lieu of the ring I8 as shown in Figure 6. In such ligure, a plate 24 is located within the ring I6', be- 30 ing suspended by a coil spring 25, fastened to a cross pin 26 on the arm Ill', equivalent to the arm I0. When the ring I8 is engaged with the finger, the latter also engages the plate 24, moving the latter against the tension of the spring 25, whereby the ring will be effectively resiliently held on the nger.

Another modification is Vshown in Figure 7 wherein the ring I8l functions like that at I8 and I8. In this instance, an arcuate spring 2l is lo- 40 cated Within the ring i8" and by means of a clip 28 or otherwise, is fastened tov the latter ring. Thus the nger will be engaged with the arcuate side of the spring- 21 and the interior of the ring I8" to better secure the ring in place on the 45 nger.

I claim as my invention:-

1. An article of the class described having arms, means on one of the arms to mount the same on a nger, a cigarette holder carried by the other 5() arm, and means connecting the arms for operative disposition in alignment or in folded position in substantial parallelism to form a clamp.

2. An article of the class described having arms, means on one of the arms to mount the same on a 10 nger, a cigarette holder carried by the other arm, and means connecting the arms for operative disposition in alignment or in folded position in substantial parallelism to form a clamp, Said second means comprising an H-shape coupling to which the arms are pivoted, and a spring mounted by said coupling and engageable by the adjacent ends of the arms to hold them in alignment or folded.

HAROLD H. GARDIAN. 

